METALLICA “Too Far Gone? (Live from MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ – August 6, 2023)” Digital Single Out Now “Too Far Gone?” Video Directed by Coan “Buddy” Nichols Live Now
Today marks the release of “Too Far Gone? (Live from MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ – August 6, 2023),” a digital single capturing the debut M72 tour performance of the 72 Seasons standout track as played for some 80,000 fans on night two of the tour’s North American opening weekend. Hailed for “its roaring melody” by the OC Register in their review of Metallica’s recent record-breaking weekend at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, “Too Far Gone?” has quickly become a staple of the M72 No Repeat Weekend setlist rotation. Find out for yourself why the song has quickly become a fan favorite by giving “Too Far Gone? (Live from MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ – August 6, 2023)” a listen HERE.
As for the original studio version of “Too Far Gone?”… it’s been reimagined as a music video directed by Coan “Buddy” Nichols (The Original Skateboarder, The Body Corporate, Deathbowl to Downtown, Love Letters to Skateboarding). Through Nichols’ lens, “Too Far Gone?” becomes the score to raw Metallica performance footage intercut with action shots of pro skater Felipe Nunes. The energy levels of the two scenarios feed off one other, resulting in peak after peak of hyperkinetic intensity—plus a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it cameo from Tony Hawk, who premiered the video yesterday at: https://youtu.be/T-6Cx-VxXxI
Metallica recently completed the first North American swing of its M72 World Tour September 9 in Glendale AZ. The band will make a headlining appearance October 8 at Power Trip at the Empire Polo Club in Indio CA, before M72 resumes with its next No Repeat Weekend taking place November 3 and 5 at the Dome at America’s Center in St. Louis MO.
“Jenny Lewis, it seems, can do it all…Though Lewis shines in stadiums…her superstardom is more apparent up close, a refusal to shrink her charm to fit a venue where guests nearly piled out the door.” – WASHINGTON POST
“Her voice was pristine as ever…in an instant, she could flip to impressive vocal feats, hitting high notes on ‘Red Bull and Hennessy’ that are rarely heard outside of the safety of studios…And the road-ready driving guitar of ‘Love Feel’ felt messier in the best ways, with Lewis fully inhabiting her rock & roll discipleship” –AUSTIN CHRONICLE
“She was a picture of power — a real-life heroine clad in black leather, wind machine touseling her hair.” – AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN
“Jenny Lewis’ Infectious Energy Lights Up New York…From her vibrato in the torchy ‘Acid Tongue’ to some genuine grit during ‘The Next Messiah,’ Lewis’ voice was strong but floated effortlessly over the instrumentation. She seemed especially rejuvenated by the new material, finding a pocket for album tracks like ‘Apples and Oranges’ and ‘Cherry Baby’ that made them sound like old favorites…her music, past and future, left everyone smiling.” – VARIETY
As the tail end of 2023 swiftly approaches, Jenny Lewis shows no signs of slowing down. As if the release of her fifth solo album, Joy’All (Blue Note/Capitol Records), scoring her first #1 on the Adult Alternative Airplay chart with “Psychos,” hitting the road as support on the Beck and Phoenix co-headline Summer Odyssey tour, in addition to her own headline dates––and now currently on the road for the 20th anniversary Postal Service and Death Cab for Cutie co-headline tour––weren’t enough, Lewis is kicking it up a notch with the announcement of the Joy’All Ball Tour–a leg of west coast dates heading into the holiday season.
The new leg of headlining dates will kick off in late November and feature stops along the west coast, including: Ventura (Ventura Music Hall), San Luis Obispo (Fremont Theater), Healdsburg (Little Saint), Eugene (McDonald Theatre), Seattle (Paramount Theatre), Portland (Roseland Theatre), San Francisco (The Warfield), Santa Ana (The Observatory) and Los Angeles (Hollywood Palladium).
General onsale for the Joy’All Ball Tour begins Friday, September 15th at 10am PT, with special guests to be announced. See below for the newly announced dates and head over to https://www.jennylewis.com/#tour to grab your tickets.
Coinciding with the tour news, Jenny has partnered with Vevo to unveil a special live performance of “Cherry Baby” for Vevo Live Sessions, which you can watch now:https://jennylewis.lnk.to/CBVevo
11/27/23 – Ventura, CA – Ventura Music Hall 11/28/23 – San Luis Obispo – Fremont Theater 11/29/23 – Healdsburg, CA – Little Saint 12/1/23 – Eugene, OR – McDonald Theatre 12/2/23 – Seattle, WA – Paramount Theatre 12/3/23 – Portland, OR – Roseland Theatre 12/5/23 – San Francisco, CA – The Warfield 12/6/23 – Santa Ana, CA – The Observatory 12/8/23 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Palladium
BEASTIE BOYS SQUARE Mike Diamond and Adam Horovitz to Attend Unveiling Site of Paul’s Boutique Album Cover Photo Corner of Ludlow & Rivington Streets, Lower East Side NYC Saturday, September 9, 12:00p to 2:00 pm
In commemoration of the unveiling of Beastie Boys Square and 50 years of Hip-Hop, Mike Diamond (Mike D) and Adam Horovitz (Adrock), in association with The City of New York and Council Member Chris Marte, will be celebrating in the Lower East Side on September 9 beginning at 12:00 pm. on Rivington Street between Ludlow and Essex Streets. The celebration will go on until 2:00 p.m., and will feature a special guest DJ set by Jon Bless HiFi System, pop-up activations and more.
Diamond and Horovitz will be in attendance for the dedication of Beastie Boys Square, a renaming of the corner of Ludlow and Rivington Streets, the site where the iconic gatefold cover of the band’s sophomore album Paul’s Boutique was shot.
The christening of Beastie Boys Square marks another milestone in Beastie Boys’ decades-long relationship with New York City. Beastie Boys and NYC have been inextricably intertwined since the band was formed at the late Adam “MCA” Yauch’s 17th birthday in uptown Manhattan, quickly becoming a staple of the city’s hardcore punk underground. The relationship grew in depth and complexity as the trio’s debut album Licensed to Ill became the first rap record to hit #1 on the US album chart, reaching an early apex with the 1989 release of Paul’s Boutique. Sorely under-appreciated upon its original release, Paul’s Boutique has since grown dramatically in stature — often referred to as the “Sgt. Pepper’s of hip hop,” certified double platinum by the RIAA for sales of 2 million, and appearing on all-time best-of lists including TIME, Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, SPIN, and many more.
Paul’s Boutique also carries the distinction of being arguably the Beastie Boys album most steeped in New York culture (despite being recorded in Los Angeles), with lyrical references including the Ramones, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, the Village, Chrystie Street, the D Train, Ed Koch, the Knicks, the Yankees, Shea Stadium, the Palladium, Phil Rizzuto, the Atlantic Antic, the New York Post, El Diario, Bernard Goetz, Broadway, Jazzy Jay, Bad Brains, and more.
Additionally, the ongoing celebration of the 50 years of Hip-Hop includes the cinema debut of the Apple Original Film Beastie Boys Story, directed by Beastie Boys collaborator and Academy Award winner Spike Jonze, at the IFC Center in Greenwich Village with showings on both Friday, September 8 and Saturday, September 9 at 11:30pm.
And last, but certainly not least, SiriusXM will be relaunching their exclusive Beastie Boys Channel this Thursday, September 7th. Tune in to channel 105 for classics, deep cuts, live recordings and more.
FEATURING 53 PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED TRACKS INCLUDING TWO NEVER-BEFORE RELEASED COMPLETE CONCERTS FROM THE IN UTERO TOUR, ALBUM NEWLY REMASTERED FROM ORIGINAL ANALOG STEREO TAPES & MORE
AVAILABLE IN 8LP SUPER DELUXE, 5CD SUPER DELUXE, 1LP + 10”, 2CD DELUXE, & DIGITAL
To say that Nirvana‘s third and ultimately final studio album In Utero was one of the most impactful records of the modern era would be an understatement. Originally released September 21, 1993, In Utero‘s unadorned sonic rawness was received by critics and fans with equal measures of shock and elation, as Steve Albini‘s recording laid bare every primal nuance of the most confrontational yet vulnerable material Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl would ever record. And with its 1991 predecessor Nevermind having sold some 30 million copies and causing a seismic pop cultural shift, In Utero was essentially the first record Nirvana would make with any expectations from the public. So from the opening quasi-shamble melodics of “Serve The Servants” through the bittersweet closing strains of “All Apologies,” In Utero was the sound of the most incredible yet conflicted musical force of the era at the peak of its powers coming to terms with a generational spokes-band mantle they’d never seen coming—and ultimately surmounting these struggles to make the record they needed to make.
In Uterowent on to mark Nirvana’s first #1 debut on the Billboard 200 and has since been certified 6x platinum in the United States.
Geffen/UMe commemorates the 30th anniversary of In Utero with several multi-format reissues, arriving on October 27, 2023. Configurations include a limited-edition 8LP Super Deluxe box set, 5CD Super Deluxe box set, 1 LP + 10” edition, 2CD Deluxe edition, and a Digital Super Deluxe edition.
Pre-order/Pre-save Nirvana – In Utero: 30th AnniversaryHERE.
The three Super Deluxe Edition releases comprise a total of 72 tracks with 53 previously unreleased tracks. Among the unreleased material, two full In Utero-era concerts, namely Live In Los Angeles (1993) and the band’s final Seattle performance, Live In Seattle(1994), are included in addition to six bonus live tracks from Rome, Springfield, and New York. Seattle producer and engineer Jack Endino—who helmed the band’s 1988 debut Bleach—reconstructed the live tracks from stereo soundboard tapes for this year’s reissue. Additionally, In Utero’s original twelve songs, along with five bonus tracks and B-sides, have been newly remastered from the original analog master stereo tapes by Bob Weston at Chicago Mastering Services—who assisted Albini as the only other engineer at the original sessions.
Check out the full tracklisting below.
The physical Super Deluxe Edition box sets also boast a removable front-cover acrylic panel with the album’s iconic Angel; a 48-page hardcover book with unreleased photos; a 20-page newly designed fanzine; a Los Angeles tour poster lithograph by hot rod artist Coop; replicas of the 1993 record store promo Angel mobile, three gig fliers, two ticket stubs for Los Angeles and Seattle, an All-Access tour laminate, and four cloth sticky tour backstage passes: Press, Photo, After Show, and Local Crew.
Available exclusively at online stores at uDiscovermusic.com and SoundofVinyl.com and limited to 3000 units worldwide, fans who buy either Super Deluxe Edition will receive a Nirvana acrylic stand to display their angel-on-acrylic panel included in both boxset configurations.
Nirvana recorded In Uteroover the course of six days in February 1993 at Pachyderm Studio in Cannon Falls, MN with Albini. Retrospectively, Pitchfork rated it a rare perfect score of “10.0” and wrote, “In Utero is the sort of painful shock that, paradoxically, reinstills the empowering sensation of feeling alive.” Upon its arrival back in 1993, David Fricke wrote in Rolling Stone, “In Uterois a lot of things—brilliant, corrosive, enraged and thoughtful, most of them all at once. But more than anything, it’s a triumph of the will.”
Be on the lookout for more news about In Utero: 30TH Anniversary Edition very soon.
Formed by friends Kurt Cobain and Krist Novoselic, Nirvana emerged from Aberdeen, Washington in 1987. The band’s full-length debut Bleach was recorded in 30 hours for $606.17 and released in 1988 on Sub Pop, soon becoming the biggest seller in the label’s history. Joined by drummer Dave Grohl, the trio delivered Nevermindin 1991, peaking at #1 on the Billboard 200, going RIAA Diamond in the United States, and moving over 30 million copies worldwide as “one of the best-selling albums of all-time,” according to Soundscan. The 1993 follow-up In Utero bowed at #1 on the Billboard 200 and has been certified platinum in 10 countries and gold in 9 more. The Nirvana catalog is also highlighted in the U.S. by the newly Diamond-certified single “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” platinum Incesticide[1992], 8x-platinum MTV Unplugged in New York[1994], and platinum From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah [1996]. Nirvana was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame® during its first year of eligibility in 2014. Beyond selling a total of 75 million records globally, the band has collected 1 American Music Award, 1 BRIT Award, 7 MTV VMA Awards, and 2 GRAMMY® Awards, including a Lifetime Achievement GRAMMY® Award in 2023. Standing out as one of the most-streamed rock bands of the modern era, Nirvana’s music has endured through generations and eras at an unmatched level of influence.
IN UTERO: 30TH ANNIVERSARY (8-LP SUPER DELUXE)
The 8LP Super Deluxe features 180-gram pressings of the album + 5 B-sides & bonus tracks newly remastered from 96kHz 24-bit transfers of the original analog master tapes, 2 complete concerts from Los Angeles ’93 & Seattle ‘94 plus 6 bonus live songs from the tour – 72 total tracks – 53 unreleased tracks. Bonus items: an Angel-on-acrylic panel; 48-pg book with unreleased photos; new 20-pg fanzine; LA gig poster litho; 2 ticket stubs; replicas of the promo Angel mobile, 3 gig flyers, all-access tour laminate & 4 backstage passes.
LP 1 IN UTERO Original Album Remastered
SIDE 1
1. Serve The Servants 2. Scentless Apprentice 3. Heart-Shaped Box 4. Rape Me 5. Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle 6. Dumb
SIDE 2
1. Very Ape 2. Milk It 3. Pennyroyal Tea 4. Radio Friendly Unit Shifter 5. tourette’s 6. All Apologies
LP 2: BONUS TRACKS & B-SIDES Remastered
SIDE 1
1. Gallons Of Rubbing Alcohol Flow Through The Strip 2. Marigold 3. Sappy 4. Moist Vagina 5. I Hate Myself And Want To Die
BONUS LIVE 1993/1994
SIDE 2
1. Serve The Servants (Live in Rome)* 2. Scentless Apprentice (Live in Rome)* 3. Heart-Shaped Box (Live in Rome)* 4. Very Ape (Live in Rome)* 5. Milk It (Live in Springfield)* 6. tourette’s (Live in New York)*
LP 3-5 LIVE IN LOS ANGELES Great Western Forum – December 30, 1993
SIDE 1
1. Radio Friendly Unit Shifter* 2. Drain You* 3. Breed* 4. Serve The Servants*
SIDE 2
1. Come As You Are* 2. Smells Like Teen Spirit* 3. Sliver* 4. Dumb*
SIDE 3
1. In Bloom* 2. About A Girl* 3. Lithium* 4. Pennyroyal Tea*
SIDE 4
1. School* 2. Polly* 3. Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle* 4. Rape Me* 5. Territorial Pissings*
SIDE 5
1. Jesus Doesn’t Want Me For A Sunbeam* 2. The Man Who Sold The World* 3. All Apologies* 4. On A Plain*
SIDE 6
1. Heart-Shaped Box 2. Blew* 3. Feedback Jam*
LP 6-8 LIVE IN SEATTLE Seattle Center Arena – January 7, 1994
SIDE 1
1. Radio Friendly Unit Shifter* 2. Drain You* 3. Breed* 4. Serve The Servants*
SIDE 2
1. Come As You Are* 2. Smells Like Teen Spirit* 3. Sliver* 4. Dumb*
SIDE 3
1. In Bloom* 2. About A Girl* 3. Lithium* 4. Pennyroyal Tea*
SIDE 4
1. School* 2. Polly* 3. Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle* 4. Milk It 5. Rape Me*
SIDE 5
1. Territorial Pissings* 2. Jesus Doesn’t Want Me For A Sunbeam* 3. The Man Who Sold The World* 4. All Apologies*
SIDE 6
1. On A Plain* 2. Scentless Apprentice* 3. Heart-Shaped Box* 4. Blew*
* Previously unreleased
IN UTERO: 30TH ANNIVERSARY (5-CD SUPER DELUXE)
The 5CD Super Deluxe features the album + 5 B-sides & bonus tracks newly remastered from 96kHz 24-bit transfers of the original analog master tapes, 2 complete concerts from Los Angeles ’93 & Seattle ‘94 plus 6 bonus live songs from the tour – 72 total tracks – 53 unreleased tracks. Bonus items: an angel-on-acrylic panel; 48-pg book with unreleased photos; new 20-pg fanzine; LA gig poster litho; 2 ticket stubs; replicas of the promo angel mobile, 3 gig flyers, all-access tour laminate & 4 backstage passes.
CD 1 IN UTERO Original Album Remastered
1. Serve The Servants 2. Scentless Apprentice 3. Heart-Shaped Box 4. Rape Me 5. Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle 6. Dumb 7. Very Ape 8. Milk It 9. Pennyroyal Tea 10. Radio Friendly Unit Shifter 11. tourette’s 12. All Apologies
BONUS TRACKS & B-SIDES Remastered
13. Gallons Of Rubbing Alcohol Flow Through The Strip 14. Marigold 15. Sappy 16. Moist Vagina 17. I Hate Myself And Want To Die
CD 2 & 3 LIVE IN LOS ANGELES Great Western Forum – December 30, 1993
CD 2
1. Radio Friendly Unit Shifter* 2. Drain You* 3. Breed* 4. Serve The Servants* 5. Come As You Are* 6. Smells Like Teen Spirit* 7. Sliver* 8. Dumb* 9. In Bloom* 10. About A Girl* 11. Lithium* 12. Pennyroyal Tea*
CD 3
1. School* 2. Polly* 3. Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle* 4. Rape Me* 5. Territorial Pissings* 6. Jesus Doesn’t Want Me For A Sunbeam* 7. The Man Who Sold The World* 8. All Apologies* 9. On A Plain* 10. Heart-Shaped Box 11. Blew* 12. Feedback Jam*
CD 4 & 5 LIVE IN SEATTLE Seattle Center Arena – January 7, 1994
CD 4
1. Radio Friendly Unit Shifter* 2. Drain You* 3. Breed* 4. Serve The Servants* 5. Come As You Are* 6. Smells Like Teen Spirit* 7. Sliver* 8. Dumb* 9. In Bloom* 10. About A Girl* 11. Lithium* 12. Pennyroyal Tea*
CD 5
1. School* 2. Polly* 3. Frances Farmer Will Haver Her Revenge On Seattle* 4. Milk It 5. Rape Me* 6. Territorial Pissings* 7. Jesus Doesn’t Want Me For A Sunbeam* 8. The Man Who Sold The World* 9. All Apologies* 10. On A Plain* 11. Scentless Apprentice* 12. Heart-Shaped Box* 13. Blew*
BONUS LIVE 1993/1994
14. Serve The Servants (Live in Rome)* 15. Scentless Apprentice (Live in Rome)* 16. Heart-Shaped Box (Live in Rome)* 17. Very Ape (Live in Rome)* 18. Milk It (Live in Springfield)* 19. tourette’s (Live in New York)*
* Previously unreleased
IN UTERO: 30TH ANNIVERSARY (2-cd deluxe edition)
The 2CD Deluxe Edition features the album newly remastered from 96kHz 24-bit transfers of the original analog master tapes plus 14 previously unreleased live tracks from the ‘93/’94 In Utero tour. Each song on In Utero is represented with a live performance from Los Angeles, Springfield, Rome, New York & Seattle plus two cover songs widely played throughout the tour: The Vaselines’ “Jesus Doesn’t Want Me For A Sunbeam” & David Bowie’s “The Man Who Sold The World.” Housed in a softpak with newly designed 20-pg booklet.
CD 1 IN UTERO Original Album Remastered
1. Serve The Servants 2. Scentless Apprentice 3. Heart-Shaped Box 4. Rape Me 5. Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle 6. Dumb 7. Very Ape 8. Milk It 9. Pennyroyal Tea 10. Radio Friendly Unit Shifter 11. tourette’s 12. All Apologies
CD 2 LIVE 1993/1994
1. Serve The Servants (Live in Rome)* 2. Scentless Apprentice (Live in Rome)* 3. Heart-Shaped Box (Live in Rome)* 4. Rape Me (Live in Seattle)* 5. Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle (Live in Seattle)* 6. Dumb (Live in Los Angeles)* 7. Very Ape (Live in Rome)* 8. Milk It (Live in Springfield)* 9. Pennyroyal Tea (Live in Los Angeles)* 10. Radio Friendly Unit Shifter (Live in Los Angeles)* 11. tourette’s (Live in New York)* 12. All Apologies (Live in Los Angeles)* 13. Jesus Doesn’t Want Me For A Sunbeam (Live in Seattle)* 14. The Man Who Sold The World (Live in Seattle)*
* Previously unreleased
IN UTERO: 30TH ANNIVERSARY (LIMITED EDITION 1LP + 10 INCH)
Pressed on 180-gram vinyl plus 5 B-sides & bonus tracks pressed on a 10-inch, all tracks have been newly remastered from 96kHz 24-bit transfers of the original analog tapes by original album engineer Bob Weston. Original album artwork has been expanded to a premium tip-on gatefold jacket for the first time with new 10-inch jacket art.
IN UTERO Remastered – Side A:
1. Serve The Servants 2. Scentless Apprentice 3. Heart-Shaped Box 4. Rape Me 5. Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle 6. Dumb
IN UTERO Remastered – Side B:
1. Very Ape 2. Milk It 3. Pennyroyal Tea 4. Radio Friendly Unit Shifter 5. tourette’s 6. All Apologies
BONUS 10-INCH – Side A:
1. Gallons Of Rubbing Alchohol Flow Through The Strip 2. Marigold
BONUS 10-INCH – Side B:
1. Sappy 2. Moist Vagina 3. I Hate Myself And Want To Die
IN UTERO: 30TH ANNIVERSARY (DIGITAL SUPER DELUXE)
DISC 1 IN UTERO Original Album Remastered
1. Serve The Servants 2. Scentless Apprentice 3. Heart-Shaped Box 4. Rape Me 5. Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle 6. Dumb 7. Very Ape 8. Milk It 9. Pennyroyal Tea 10. Radio Friendly Unit Shifter 11. tourette’s 12. All Apologies
BONUS TRACKS & B-SIDES Remastered
13. Gallons Of Rubbing Alcohol Flow Through The Strip 14. Marigold 15. Sappy 16. Moist Vagina 17. I Hate Myself And Want To Die
DISC 2 LIVE IN LOS ANGELES Great Western Forum – December 30, 1993
1. Radio Friendly Unit Shifter* 2. Drain You* 3. Breed* 4. Serve The Servants* 5. Come As You Are* 6. Smells Like Teen Spirit* 7. Sliver* 8. Dumb* 9. In Bloom* 10. About A Girl* 11. Lithium* 12. Pennyroyal Tea* 13. School* 14. Polly* 15. Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle* 16. Rape Me* 17. Territorial Pissings* 18. Jesus Doesn’t Want Me For A Sunbeam* 19. The Man Who Sold The World* 20. All Apologies* 21. On A Plain* 22. Heart-Shaped Box 23. Blew* 24. Feedback Jam*
DISC 3 LIVE IN SEATTLE Seattle Center Arena – January 7, 1994
1. Radio Friendly Unit Shifter* 2. Drain You* 3. Breed* 4. Serve The Servants* 5. Come As You Are* 6. Smells Like Teen Spirit* 7. Sliver* 8. Dumb* 9. In Bloom* 10. About A Girl* 11. Lithium* 12. Pennyroyal Tea* 13. School* 14. Polly* 15. Frances Farmer Will Haver Her Revenge On Seattle* 16. Milk It 17. Rape Me* 18. Territorial Pissings* 19. Jesus Doesn’t Want Me For A Sunbeam* 20. The Man Who Sold The World* 21. All Apologies* 22. On A Plain* 23. Scentless Apprentice* 24. Heart-Shaped Box* 25. Blew*
BONUS LIVE 1993/1994
26. Serve The Servants (Live in Rome)* 27. Scentless Apprentice (Live in Rome)* 28. Heart-Shaped Box (Live in Rome)* 29. Very Ape (Live in Rome)* 30. Milk It (Live in Springfield)* 31. tourette’s (Live in New York)*
“Born Again” Single OUT NOW Born Again – Album Out Tomorrow
Celebrated producer and musician DangerMouse and talented New York rapper Jemini (aka Jemini The Gifted One) have released shimmering single, “Born Again” – listen here.
“Born Again” is a bouncy-yet-bittersweet hip-hop track inspired by redemption and overcoming adversity; the single follows the swaggering “Brooklyn Bazquiat” and is the title track of the duo’s second album.
Danger Mouse & Jemini’s Born Again album was recorded back in 2004, yet has remained unreleased for nearly two decades now. This previously unheard and long-delayed record will finally be made available tomorrow (25th August) via Lex Records. The release coincides with the twentieth anniversary of Danger Mouse & Jemini’s 2003 debut LP – and Danger Mouse’s first official release on a record label – hip-hop cult classic, Ghetto Pop Life.
“Born Again is everything you could hope for and more with Danger Mouse laying down a varying display of his talents while Jemini’s verses are delivered with pure passion.”– GLIDE MAGAZINE
“The track opens the door to a hip-hop era long gone.” – CONSEQUENCE (on “Brooklyn Bazquiat”)
“It’s a bold, confident, boom bap song with a fun flute loop and the hook plays off the same Slick Rick interpolation as Biggie’s ‘Hypnotize.’” – BROOKLYN VEGAN (on “Brooklyn Bazquiat”)
Danger Mouse & Jemini Born Again tracklist:
01. All I 02. Locked Up 03. Me 04. Knuckle Sandwich II 05. Born Again 06. Brooklyn Bazquiat 07. Walk the Walk 08. Where You From 09. Dear Poppa 10. World Music
GHOST DEVOTIONAL POP-UP Confess Your Sins at the GRAMMY Museum August 21 through September 17
As Ghost’s September 11-12 headline stand at the Kia Forum looms ever closer, the GRAMMY Museum® in Los Angeles has unveiled the Ghost Devotional Pop-Up. As the faithful await the return of Papa Emeritus IV and co. to the City of Angels, they are invited to enter the hand crafted, custom built confession booth and bare their souls about why they think Ghost are the best rock band in the world! Make amends and leave atoned, with a souvenir photo of the experience.
The Ghost Devotional Pop-Up was designed and fabricated by Justin Ware of Creativeware (Beastie Boys Exhibit at Orange County Museum of Art) and built by carpenter/welder Greg S. Gilday (The Mandalorian, Tenet, Westworld). The custom created structure will be accompanied by a museum installation displaying Papa Emeritus III’s outfit worn at the 2015 GRAMMYs® —the year Ghost took the Best Metal Performance award for “Cirice” from the band’s third album, Meliora.
The Ghost Devotional Pop Up will be open to GRAMMY Museum visitors through September 17. Ghost’s RE-IMPERATOUR U.S.A. 2023 continues through September 12–remaining dates as follows:
08/23/23 – Burgettstown, PA – The Pavilion at Star Lake 08/24/23 – Bristow, VA – Jiffy Lube Live 08/25/23 – Camden, NJ – Freedom Mortgage Pavilion 08/27/23 – Nashville, TN – Ascend Amphitheater 08/29/23 – Simpsonville, SC – CCNB Amphitheatre at Heritage Park 08/30/23 – Jacksonville, FL – Daily’s Place 08/31/23 – Tampa, FL – MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre 09/02/23 – The Woodlands, TX – The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion presented by Huntsman 09/03/23 – Austin, TX – Germania Insurance Amphitheater 09/05/23 – Irving, TX – The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory 09/07/23 – Albuquerque, NM – Isleta Amphitheater 09/08/23 – Phoenix, AZ – Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre 09/11/23 – Los Angeles, CA – Kia Forum 09/12/23 – Los Angeles, CA – Kia Forum
ABOUT THE GRAMMY MUSEUM
The GRAMMY Museum is a nonprofit organization dedicated to celebrating and exploring music from yesterday and today to inspire the music of tomorrow through exhibits, education, grants, preservation initiatives, and public programming. Paying tribute to our collective musical heritage, the Museum values and celebrates the dynamic connection in people’s diverse backgrounds and music’s many genres, telling stories that inspire us, and creative expression that leads change in our industry.For more information, visit www.grammymuseum.org, “like” the GRAMMY Museum on Facebook, and follow @GRAMMYMuseum on Twitter, Instagram and TikTok.
ABOUT GHOST:
GHOST continues to elevate and reaffirm its status as one of the world’s most celebrated creative forces. Accumulating well over a billion streams, the GRAMMY-winning Swedish theatrical rock band continues to bring the “euphoric spectacle” (ROLLING STONE) of its live shows to ever-growing and increasingly impassioned crowds, headlining arena tours including sold out shows from the Forum in Los Angeles and Barclays Center in New York to London’s O2 Arena and Stockholm’s Avicii Arena. In March 2022, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES reported in a Calendar cover story that Ghost had “conquered metal and the charts” when its fifth album IMPERA debuted at #1 in a sweep of the U.S. album charts, entering the BILLBOARD 200 at #2 and bowing at #1 in the band’s native Sweden as well as Germany and Finland, while cracking the top 5 in the UK (#2), Netherlands (#2), Belgium (#2), Canada (#3), Australia (#3), France (#5), Ireland (#5), and more. Produced by Klas Åhlund and mixed by Andy Wallace — and featuring “Spillways”—hailed as a “sweetly constructed rock tune” by THE NEW YORK TIMES and recently reimagined with Joe Elliott of Def Leppard, the #7 YouTube trending GRAMMY-nominated “Call Me Little Sunshine,” and Active Rock #1 radio single “Hunter’s Moon” — IMPERA finds Ghost transported centuries forward from the Black Plague era of its previous album, 2018 Best Rock Album GRAMMY nominee Prequelle—or as ROLLING STONE put it, “Ghost predicted the pandemic, Now the metal band is foretelling the fall of empires.” The result is the most ambitious and lyrically incisive entry in the Ghost canon: Over the course of IMPERA’s 12-song cycle, empires rise and fall, would-be messiahs ply their hype (financial and spiritual alike), prophecies are foretold as the skies fill with celestial bodies divine and man-made… All in all, the most current and topical Ghost subject matter to date is set against a hypnotic and darkly colorful melodic backdrop making IMPERA a listen like no other — yet unmistakably, quintessentially Ghost. Ghost closed out 2022 by cracking the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time, with the RIAA gold-certified “Mary on a Cross.” Earlier this year, in the wake of IMPERA winning Favorite Rock Album at the American Music Awards and Best Rock Album of the Year at the iHeart Radio Music Awards, Ghost unveiled PHANTOMIME, a five-song covers EP intended from the start to follow IMPERA. A diverse and spellbinding sampling of Ghost’s musical DNA, PHANTOMIME is comprised of covers of classics and deep cuts by Television, Genesis, The Stranglers, Iron Maiden and Tina Turner. PHANTOMIME pays tribute in equal measure to every one of these unique influences while stamping them all with Ghost’s undeniable sonic signature. Currently, Ghost is in the midst of a triumphant return to North America, in the form of its RE-IMPERATOUR U.S.A. 2023, making stops in more than two dozen cities before its two-night finale the Kia Forum in Los Angeles on September 11th and 12th.
The End Is Nero North American Tour Kicks Off Tonight in Detroit
Inaugural Queens Colosseum Pre-Show Bacchanal to Descend Upon Toronto
Queens of the Stone continue to prove themselves “a band reaching the peak of their powers” (NME). Following a triumphant reign over some of the UK and Europe’s most hallowed festival grounds including “officially one of the most-watched Glasto sets ever – Josh Homme and co. pulled a huge crowd and unleashed pure chaotic joy” (Kerrang), Queens of the Stone Age are back with the latest audiovisual odyssey from their international chart-topping opus In Times New Roman… a brand new video for “Negative Space.” As with previous videos from this campaign, “Negative Space” was created by, starring and directed by Liam Lynch, who states:
“Acceptance is lonely, messy, and tough, especially when it’s all that is left. This video takes place between the end and a beginning. It’s the desperate and lost, message-in-a-bottle emotions that are tossed out and let float away. No action required.”
Prepare to dodge some cosmic debris and take a trip to “Negative Space” here.
In the wake of In Times New Roman… achieving global domination — including #1s in four countries, top 3 positions in six more and a sweep of US #1s across the Vinyl, Independent, Alternative, Digital, Rock and Hard Music Album Sales charts — Queens of the Stone Age kick off the extensive North American leg of their The End Is Nero tour tonight at Detroit’s Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre at Freedom Hill with special guests The Armed and Phantogram. With several shows already sold out, Joshua Homme, Troy Van Leeuwen, Dean Fertita, Michael Shuman and Jon Theodore will continue to span the globe through the end of 2023. To get your tickets now go to https://qotsa.com/tour/
Queens of the Stone Agealso extend a formal invite to their inaugural Queens Colosseum pre-show party experience, taking place August 4th in Toronto at Budweiser Stage — ahead of the band’s headlining show. Fans are encouraged to “Dance Like No One is Surviving,” as they immerse themselves in a once in a lifetime opportunity to experience a Queens of the Stone Age curated extravaganza including an exclusive merchandise line, burlesque dancers, local vendors featuring everything from books to records to oddities and art, live silk-screen printing, vintage clothing and more. The Queens Colosseum event starts at 4PM and runs through the start of the show, with access available to ticket purchasers only.
More information — and future Queens Colosseum events — can be found at https://qotsa.com/news/
… and don’t forget your toga!
In Times New Roman… Villains come … Like Clockwork
QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE The End Is Nero
08/03/23 Sterling Heights, MI – Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre at Freedom Hill** 08/04/23 Toronto, ON – Budweiser Stage** 08/05/23 Pittsburgh, PA – Stake AE Outdoors** 08/07/23 Bridgeport, CT – Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater** 08/08/23 Philadelphia, PA – TD Pavilion at the Mann** 08/09/23 Washington, DC – The Anthem** – SOLD OUT 08/11/23 Portland, ME – Cross Insurance Arena** 08/12/23 Queens, NY – Forest Hills Stadium ** 08/14/23 Washington, DC – The Anthem** 08/15/23 Raleigh, NC – Red Hat Amphitheater** 08/16/23 Asheville, NC – Rabbit Rabbit**- SOLD OUT 08/18/23 Atlanta, GA – Fox Theatre**- SOLD OUT 08/19/23 Nashville, TN – Ascend Amphitheater**
09/09/23 Sao Paolo, BR – The Town* 09/16/23 Chicago, IL – Riot Fest* 09/17/23 Minneapolis, MN – The Armory*** 09/19/23 Omaha, NE – Steelhouse*** 09/20/23 Kansas City, MO – Startlight Theatre*** 09/22/23 Indianapolis, IN – TCU Amphitheater at White River State Park*** 09/23/23 St. Louis, MO – Saint Louis Music Park*** 09/24/23 Louisville, KY – Louder Than Life* 09/26/23 Rogers, AR – Walmart AMP*** 09/27/23 Oklahoma City, OK – The Criterion*** 09/29/23 Denver, CO – Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre*** 09/30/23 Salt Lake City, UT – The Great Saltair***
10/02/23 Portland, OR – Veteran’s Memorial Coliseum*** 10/03/23 Vancouver, BC – Pacific Coliseum*** 10/04/23 Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena*** 10/06/23 San Francisco, CA – Bill Graham Civic Auditorium*** 10/08/23 Sacramento, CA – Aftershock* 10/14/23 Guadalajara, MX – Coordenada*
11/04/23 Amsterdam – Ziggo Dome**** – SOLD OUT 11/05/23 Luxembourg – Rockhal**** 11/07/23 Paris – Accor Arena**** 11/08/23 Frankfurt – Jahrhunderthalle**** – SOLD OUT 11/09/23 Berlin – Max-Schmeling-Halle**** – SOLD OUT 11/11/23 Dusseldorf – Mitsubishi Electric Halle**** – SOLD OUT 11/12/23 Antwerp – Sportpaleis**** 11/14/23 Manchester – AO Arena**** 11/15/23 London – The O2**** 11/18/23 Glasgow – OVO Hydro**** 11/19/23 Birmingham – Resorts World Arena**** 11/20/23 Stockton – Globe Theatre**** – SOLD OUT 11/22/23 Dublin – 3Arena****
*Festival ** Support from Phantogram and The Armed *** Support from Viagra Boys and Jehnny Beth **** Support from The Chats and deep tan
Danger Mouse & Jemini Announce Release of Born Again First Single “Brooklyn Basquiat” Available Now
Danger Mouse & Jemini by Maya Hayuk
Celebrated producer and musician Danger Mouse and talented New York rapper Jemini Have announced the long-delayed release of their Born Again album — recorded in 2004 but previously unheard until now — available to the public after 20 years in the vault on 25th August via Lex Records. Remarkably, the release comes nearly two decades after the album’s creation and coincides with the twentieth anniversary of the duo’s debut LP, hip-hop cult classic, Ghetto Pop Life.
In tandem with the news, Danger Mouse and Jemini have shared lead single, “Brooklyn Basquiat.” The bouncing, vibrant track is available here.
Back in 2003, Danger Mouse and Jemini dropped their debut album, and Danger Mouse’s first official release on a record label, Ghetto Pop Life; a rap spectacular which quickly became widely-celebrated. As well as being one of the finest rap offerings of the era, Ghetto Pop Life foreshadowed Danger Mouse’s later triumphs including The Grey Album, his production work for Gorillaz and A$AP Rocky, and collaborations with CeeLo as Gnarls Barkley, MF DOOM for DANGERDOOM plus his most recent hip-hop offering, 2022’s Cheat Codes alongside Black Thought.
Soon after finishing Ghetto Pop Life, Danger Mouse and Jemini began to write and record their second album, Born Again. Having been indefinitely shelved, Born Again will now finally be released worldwide this August. The previously unheard record retains many of the elements of Danger Mouse and Jemini’s debut – most notably the fun-loving, sh*t-talking innocence – but also adopts a markedly more introspective and confessional tone. This time, in addition to lighthearted topics such as being an incredible artist, living large and being a magnet for attention, Jemini also delivers highly-personal and occasionally devastating lyrics about missed opportunities and redemption, his time in prison and complicated relationship with his father.
Danger Mouse & Jemini Born Again tracklist:
01. All I 02. Locked Up 03. Me 04. Knuckle Sandwich II 05. Born Again 06. Brooklyn Basquiat 07. Walk the Walk 08. Where You From 09. Dear Poppa 10. World Music
METALLICA, PANTHEON MEDIA & POPCULT Present THE METALLICA REPORT Weekly Podcast Featuring News, Updates, Exclusive Features and Surprises from Metallica HQ and Beyond
Today marks the debut episode of The Metallica Report, a new podcast offering weekly insider updates on all things Metallica. Broadcasting directly from the band’s Northern California headquarters, The Metallica Report will be hosted by two of the closest members of the Metallica family: Steffan Chirazi, whose history with Metallica spans from covering the band as journalist in the ‘80s to his current role as editor of the band’s online mag, So What!, and Renée Richardson, Director of Philanthropy for the band’s All Within My Hands foundation, and well-known Bay Area radio personality.
Each episode of The Metallica Report will feature Steffan and Renée keeping listeners informed with the latest news and updates from Metallica HQ, as well as dispatches from the road as the M72 Tour continues to make its way around the world. The Report’s mini-features will offer exclusive behind the scenes news and interviews with the likes of the touring crew, poster and T-shirt artists, fans, and even James, Lars, Kirk and Robert themselves.
In addition to the most inside and up to date Metallica news, The Metallica Report will be taking requests: Listeners are encouraged to submit questions, and Steffan and Renée will do their best to offer answers every Wednesday.
The Metallica Report is produced and distributed by Pantheon Media and reunites the Metallica team with co-producers PopCult, with whom they worked on 2021’s The Metallica Podcast: Volume 1.
“PopCult is excited to be working again with Metallica to expand their podcast footprint and to launch our first partnership with Pantheon,” says PopCult partner Lars Murray. “Metallica and their global community are inexhaustible sources of interesting news and stories. The Metallica Report will be a ‘must-listen’ for longtime fans, as well as folks who might be diving in for the first time.”
“We are thrilled to be partnering with Metallica to produce a weekly news podcast that will give fans an inside look at the band’s world,” says Christian Swain, CEO of Pantheon Media. “The Metallica Report represents an exciting new chapter for Pantheon, as we continue to push the boundaries of audio entertainment with our partner PopCult. Metallica’s standing as one of the most influential bands in music history, along with their commitment to their global community of fans, makes them the perfect partner for us.”
About Pantheon Media Pantheon’s podcasts deepen the connection between fans and the music they love with authentic, powerful storytelling. Starting with one original podcast in 2015 Rock and Roll Archaeology, Pantheon has become the world’s largest music and culture podcast network. In 2022 Pantheon created and produced the award-winning Basic!podcast for SiriusXM, and now has over 100 shows that inform and delight music fans around the world. www.pantheonpodcasts.com
About PopCult PopCult is an audio-first production company that develops and produces music-driven podcasts and screen properties. PopCult partners with music rightsholders to create narrative, news, and franchise shows around their music, making additional connections with fans and bringing new listeners to the podcast medium. Among PopCult’s best- known podcasts are The Metallica Podcast: Volume 1; The Disney Hits Podcast; A Shaw Thing: Tommy Shaw; and The Rhino Records Podcast.
About Steffan Chirazi The editor of Metallica’s So What! Magazine, Steffan Chirazi has been writing about—and working with—the band since 1984. He has also written for many publications worldwide, including Kerrang! and the San Francisco Chronicle, interviewed literally hundreds of stars from David Bowie to Kurt Cobain, and provides a continual chronicle of Lars, James, Kirk, Rob and Metallica since the days of Ride The Lightning. Chirazi has also worked with Sirius XM on their Mandatory Metallica channel as a producer and host, and does the same with a weekly podcast on his beloved English soccer team Tottenham Hotspur titled The Game Is About Glory.
About Renée Richardson Renée Richardson is the Director of Philanthropy for Metallica’s foundation, All Within My Hands. While this is her most significant professional achievement to date, Renée also has a long history on the airwaves in San Francisco. Renée’s radio career began in the late 90s as Renée Rotten on KITS/LIVE 105, and a few years later, she rebranded as Renée Richardson and joined the KFOG Morning Show. Her 17 years as a “Foghead” were spent as an on-air announcer, music programmer, and she cultivated the Bay Area’s music scene as assistant producer of the KFOG Local Scene series. After an unexpected showing of the door by Cumulus Media in 2016, Renée prioritized philanthropy. She spent three incredible years as Director of Development for Blue Bear School of Music, a 501(c)(3) music school in San Francisco, while also working with “Irish” Greg McQuaid to create Renée & Irish Greg’s Pop-Up Show, an immersive live and in-person podcast featuring music, conversation, and a fundraising element for various NPOs. When the call came, she was positioned perfectly to take on her new role with Metallica’s foundation. Renée is a Missouri School of Auction trained auctioneer and a voice actor best known for her role as a Chevron talking car. She lives with her husband, Mike, and a toothless chihuahua named Rocco.
THE POSTAL SERVICE / DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE CO-HEADLINE TOUR ADDS INTIMATE DATE AT CHICAGO’S SALT SHED SEPTEMBER 23
Transatlanticism Certified Platinum
Band-Exclusive Version of Transatlanticism Available Now
Additional Support Acts Lauren Mayberry & Pedro the Lion Added
A month shy of kicking off their historic co-headline run, The Postal Service and Death Cab for Cutie announce the tour’s last date to be added, to take place at Chicago’s Salt Shed on September 23. The largely sold out tour will witness both bands playing many of North America’s most prestigious stages, including two nights at Madison Square Garden and three nights at the Hollywood Bowl. For complete details and ticket information, please visit https://giveuptransatlanticismtour.com/.
Presented by Jam & Riot Fest, the Salt Shed stop is a special encore performance to follow both bands’ highly anticipated Riot Fest sets. Special guests Lauren Mayberry and Pedro the Lion will be joining the tour for the East Coast leg and Santa Barbara date respectively. Request your tickets now through Monday, 7/31 at 12pm ET. On Wednesday, 8/2, ticket sales will be processed, and fans will be notified. Submit your ticket requests + learn more at https://thepostalservicedeathcabforcutie.shop.ticketstoday.com/
The tour commemorates the 20th anniversaries of The Postal Service’s RIAA Platinum-certified Give Up (Sub Pop) and Death Cab for Cutie’s recently RIAA Platinum-certified LP Transatlanticism (Barsuk). Speaking of Death Cab for Cutie’s classic fourth album, fans can order the new band-exclusive variant of Transatlanticism here: https://store.deathcabforcutie.com/.
Transatlanticism also received a special 20th Anniversary Edition release via Vinyl Me Please (in partnership with Barsuk). Released as June’s VMP Essentials Record of the Month, the pressing instantly sold out. The Postal Service recently announced the physical release of the live album documenting their unforgettable 2013 tour, Everything Will Change, which will be available on 2xLP + CD on September 8th, 2023, through Sub Pop.
THE POSTAL SERVICE // DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE
SEPTEMBER 2023
5 – Washington, DC – The Anthem ! – SOLD OUT 6 – Washington, DC – The Anthem ! – SOLD OUT 8 – Portland, ME – Cross Insurance Arena ! – SOLD OUT 9 – Kingston, RI – The Ryan Center ! – SOLD OUT 10 – New Haven, CT – Westville Music Bowl ! – SOLD OUT 12 – Boston, MA – MGM Music Hall ! – SOLD OUT 13 – Boston, MA – MGM Music Hall ! – SOLD OUT 14 – Washington, DC – Merriweather Post Pavilion ! – SOLD OUT 16 – Chicago, IL – Riot Fest 17 – Detroit, MI – Meadow Brook Amphitheater # – SOLD OUT 19 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden # – SOLD OUT 20 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden # – SOLD OUT 21 – Philadelphia, PA – The Mann Center # – SOLD OUT 23 – Chicago, IL – Salt Shed 24 – Minneapolis, MN – Armory # – SOLD OUT 26 – Denver, CO – Mission Ballroom # – SOLD OUT 27 – Denver, CO – Mission Ballroom # – SOLD OUT 28 – Denver, CO – Mission Ballroom # – SOLD OUT 30 – Austin, TX – Germania Insurance Amphitheater & – SOLD OUT
OCTOBER 2023
1 – Grand Prairie, TX – Texas Trust CU Theatre Grand Prairie & – SOLD OUT 3 – Phoenix, AZ – Arizona Financial Theatre & – SOLD OUT 4 – Las Vegas, NV – The Theater at Virgin Hotels & – SOLD OUT 6 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena & – SOLD OUT 7 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena & – SOLD OUT 9 – Berkeley, CA – Greek Theatre – UC Berkeley & – SOLD OUT 10 – Berkeley, CA – Greek Theatre – UC Berkeley & – SOLD OUT 11 – Berkeley, CA – Greek Theatre – UC Berkeley & – SOLD OUT 13 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Bowl & – SOLD OUT 14 – Santa Barbara, CA – Santa Barbara Bowl ^ – SOLD OUT 15 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Bowl % – SOLD OUT 17 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Bowl @
! w/ Special Guest Lauren Mayberry # w/ Special Guest Warpaint & w/ Special Guest The Beths % w/ Special Guest Built to Spill @ w/ Special Guest Iron & Wine ^ w/ Special Guest Pedro the Lion
